Rail joint



I M. A. CROSBY RAILJOIN'I 1 Filed Sept. 6. 1923 gnoanfom Patented Mar. 11, 1924.

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RAIL JOINT.

Application filed September 6, 1923. Serial No. 661,181.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Minus A. CRosBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glencoe, in the county of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in scarf rail joints, and has particular reference to joints of that kind wherein the rails are assembled by dropping one end of one rail section vertically onto the end of the other rail section.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable and eflicient rail joint of the above kind, which may be made with facility and ease and which will have a comparatively long period'of usefulness without requiring repair or renewal.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby the joints may be made exceedingly secure by the use of a single bolt.

Other objects will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, and the same consists in the novel form, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing, and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view, showing a pair of rail sections joined in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the end of one of the rail sections shown in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the other rail section.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, 5 and 6 respectively indicate the ends of the rail sections to be joined, and as shown the rail sections 5 have the ball and web portions thereof removed at the end to leave the base 7 thereof projecting, said base being formed with relatively wide or thick upstanding block members 8 and 9 respectively, which are arranged in spaced relation with the block member 8 co-extended with the web 10 and ball 11 of the rail section. The block member 8 is provided with a longitudinal groove 12 in its upper surface while the block member 9 is provided with a vertical socket 13 which opens at the upper end of said block member 9 and which is intersected by means of a transverse bolt receiving opening 14.

The end of the rail section 6 has its base and web portions removed so as to leave the ball 11 thereof projecting, and this projecting portion of the ball is provided with a depending block member 15 which is disposed midway beneath said projecting ball portion to be snugly received between the block members 8 and 9 as clearly shown in Figure 1. The lower portion of the extreme end of the projecting ball portion 11 is reduced in thickness as at 16 so as to be received within the groove 12 and the web 10 of the rail section 6 at the end of the base thereof is thickened to provide a block portion 17 between which and the block member 15, the block member 9 is adapted to be disposed when the joint is assembled as shown clearly in Figure 1. Projecting downwardly from the projecting ball portion 11 of the rail section 6 between the block members 15 and 17 is a plate like tongue 18 adapted to be snugly received within the socket 13 of the block member 9, and this tongue 18 is provided with a transverse opening 19 which registers with the openings 14 when the rail sections are assembled so that a bolt may be passed through said opening for firmly bolting the sections in assembled relation. By reason of the fact that the free end portion of the projecting ball portion 11 of the rail 6 is seated in the groove 12, lateral radial displacement of the rail ends is prevented and this is made positive by the engagement of the tongue 18 in the socket 13. The bolt being passed through the openings 14 and 19, will effectively prevent upward displacement of the rail section 6 relative to the rail section 5, and in view of the relatively broad contacting faces of the block members 8, 9, 15, and 17 swinging of the rail sections to angular relationship is also rendered unlikely.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a simple, durable, and efficient rail joint of the class described, which has many advantages which will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

What I claim as new is:

1. In arail joint of the class described, a pair of rail sections, one of said rail sections having the end of its ball and web portions removed to leave the base thereof projecting, spaced integral upstanding block members formed upon said projecting base portion, one of said block members being extended from the Web and ball portions of said rail sections and having a-longitudinal groove in its upper surface, the other of said. block members being disposed at the end of of the projecting base portion and having a vertical socket openin through the top thereof, said socket being intersected by transverse openings, the other of said rail sections having the ends of its Web and base portions removed to leave the ball portion thereof projecting the free end portion of said projecting ball portion being reduced at its under side for seating reception Within the longitudinal groove, a relatively thick block member depending from the projecting ball portion of the second named rail section and located between the end of said projecting ball portion for seating reception between the block members of the first named rail sections, a plate like tongue 1 depending from the projecting ball .portion of the second named rail section inwardly of the depending block member thereof and adapted to snugly seat Within said socket, said plate like tongue having a transverse opening adapted to align With the transverse opening in the socketed block member for reception of a bolt.

2. In a rail joint of the class described,

a pair of rail sections, one of said rail sections having the end of its ball and Web portions removed to leave the base thereof projecting, spaced integral upstanding block members formed upon said projecting base portion, one of said block members being in said longitudinal groove, a relatively thick block member dependlng from the projecting ball portion of the second named rail section and located between the end of said projecting ball portion for seating reception between the block members of the first named rail section, a plate like tongue depending from the projecting ball portion of the second named rail section inwardly of the depending. block member thereof and adapted to snugly seat Within said socket,

said plate like tongue having a transverse opening adapted to align with the transverse opening in the socketed block member for reception of a bolt, the Web portion of the second named rail section being thickened at the inner side of said plate like tongue and said socketed block portion of the first named rail section being adapted for reception between said thickened web portion and the depending block member.

In testimonywhereofl aflix my signature. 7

MILES A. CROSBY. 

